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Silver City area events Mar. 1-3

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02/28/2013 06:23:44 PM MST

In the Area

Friday

Grant County Retired Educators Association, 11:30 a.m. Friday, The Red Barn, 708 Silver Height Blvd. All retired educators from any state are welcome. Dutch treat lunch. $10 for a year membership. The guest speaker will be Stormy Flann of the Sexual Abuse Program at Gila Regional Medical Center. She will discuss the steps one needs to take if you know of a child or young adult who has been sexually abused. For more information, call Patricia Milligan at 575-388-1108.

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Silver City Astronomical Society program, 1 p.m. Friday, WNMU Global Resource Center Auditorium, 12th & Kentucky in Silver City. "Predicting and Chasing Solar Eclipses," by Fred Espenak, Ph.D., retired NASA astrophysicist, who will share his experiences chasing and predicting eclipses around the world, most recently in Libya and China. Presented by the Western Institute for Lifelong Learning and the Silver City Astronomical Society. For more information, call 575-538-6835 or email info@will-learning.com or visit www.will-learning.com.

Opening Reception for "FeVa Faves," 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Friday, Mimbres Region Arts Council office, 1201 N. Pope St. in the Wells Fargo building in Silver City. Presenting a combination of FeVa Fotos photography from near and far.

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Included in the show will be moments in time captured by camera of national parks, wildlife, diverse landscape and a few unusual shots that have become favorites of these photographers as well as those who choose to collect their work.

First Friday Audubon Program, 7 p.m. Friday, at WNMU's Harlan Hall, 12th Street & Alabama, Silver City. "The Far Side of Antarctica," by Patricia Espenak, retired chemistry teacher, whose common interests in astronomy and travel has paralleled her teaching career and has drawn her to all seven continents. In November 2003, she had the opportunity to travel to the farther reaches of this forbidding continent, because the path of a total solar eclipse passed through Mirny, a Russian research station, near the Shackleton Ice Shelf. On the way, there were encounters with some of the sub- and peri-Antarctica Islands. Even veterans of Antarctic travel seldom visit these isolated dots of land scattered between India and that frozen polar world. The talk will feature photos of a plethora of penguins as well as other Antarctic wildlife. Light refreshments will be served after the program.

Classical guitarist Peter Fletcher, 10 a.m. Saturday, Silver City Public Library. This concert is part of a nationwide tour, under the auspices of Philip Truckenbrod Concert Artists. Free. For more information, visit www.peterfletcher.com.

Children's Easter Crafts, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Bayard Public Library Conference Room. Children aged 9 and under need to be accompanied by an adult care-giver whenever they are in the library. Class presented by Kim Godfrey.

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City of Rocks astronomy observation, sundown to 9 p.m. Saturday, City of Rocks, 33 miles south of Silver City. The park will begin, on Saturday, hosting regular astronomy observations through its 14-inch telescope (donated to the park by Gene Simons) with astronomer Matt Wilson. The observatory building is just behind the Orion Group parking area across from the park restrooms accessible on the right-hand road into the park. $5 day pass per car. Wilson will discuss seasonal constellations and their lore, the Solar System with visible planets and their moons, and will offer observations on deep sky objects as visibility permits. For more information, e-mail matthewdwilson@q.com.